Record 246 · December 2023
Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena Disclosure Act of 2023 (UAPDA)
U.S. Congress · United States
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The Act finds that all federal records related to UAP, technologies of unknown origin, and non-human intelligence should be preserved and disclosed to the public. It mandates the National Archives to establish a UAP Records Collection consisting of copies of all government, government-provided, or government-funded records on these subjects. Agencies must review, organize, and transmit records, with a presumption of immediate disclosure unless specific exemptions apply. An independent UAP Records Review Board is established with authority to review records, hear testimony, and determine what may remain withheld. The legislation explicitly includes non-human intelligence in its scope while setting a controlled disclosure framework; it does not confirm or deny the existence of any recovered craft or biologics but creates a statutory mechanism for handling such claims in the historical record.
Public file: U.S. Congress / Public Law 118-31
